Puttu (Steamed Rice Crumble Cake)
 
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • Red parboiled rice (Kerala matta rice), 150 grams (3/4 cup)
  • Water, 2 tbspns
  • Grated coconut, 1 cup + 3 tbspns
  • Salt, ⅛ tsp
  • Sugar, 3 tbspns
Instructions
  1. Clean and soak the rice overnight.
  2. Drain the water and spread the rice on a kitchen towel.
  3. Allow it to dry a bit (for about 5 mins) but ensure it retains a bit of the moisture, else the rice will not grind well in mixer-blender.
  4. Grind the rice till it is very mildly coarse.
  5. Mix the rice powder, sugar, salt and 3 tbspns of grated coconut.
  6. Sprinkle 4 tbspns of water on this and mix well.
  7. The mixture will be crumbly. Keep the mix aside for 10-15 mins.
  8. Take the puttu mould or any perforated container and place 3 tbspns of shredded coconut followed by 8 tbspns of the puttu mix.
  9. Repeat this process till the mould is full. Top off the mould with shredded coconut.
  10. Steam the puttu for 10 mins.
  11. Serve hot with sugar and chopped banana.
Notes
Do not beat the rice too much as it may get lumpy.
Dry roast the puttu mix if you are plan to store the rice powder for future use. However, Puttu tastes the best when it is freshly ground and made.]
If you do not have puttu mould you can use any perforated steel container to steam Puttu.
Recipe by Spice Counter at http://spicecounter.com/breakfast/puttu-steamed-rice-crumble-cake/